0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37First off, we welcome back Darren and Caroline.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41You were on last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the final.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44This is your second chance. Remind us what happened.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Unfortunately, we went out on a sport question,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50for teams that were in the Commonwealth Games.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- That was Round One.- Yes. - It was a very early exit for you.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Caroline, what's going to be a good subject for you?
0:00:57 > 0:01:01I want celebrities or TV and Films.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Do you have any particular favourite films? Any types of film you love?
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Sci-fi. Aliens is one of my favourite films.- Oh, that's good!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11People who say that know what they're talking about. Caroline,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14you're shaking your head. He doesn't know.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16No, I don't think I've ever seen him watch it.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Really? What would you hate to see come up?
0:01:20 > 0:01:25- Geography, history, politics, presidents. None of that.- OK.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30You do know you're on a quiz show, Caroline, don't you?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Great to have you on the show. Welcome back.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Let's hope we see more of you than we did last time.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Next, Gavin and Heather. How do you two know each other?
0:01:38 > 0:01:45We met on an Internet dating website, and I paid £20 for him.
0:01:45 > 0:01:4820 quid well spent, Heather?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- Oh, definitely, best £20 I ever spent.- So she says.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Where are you from, Gavin? - We're from Glasgow.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- And what do you do?- I'm a recently retired police officer
0:01:57 > 0:02:00after doing 30 years in Strathclyde Police.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- Wow, 30 years in Glasgow. - Yeah, 30 years.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Well, welcome to the show. Great to have you here. Best of luck.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Next, we welcome back Pauline and Rachel.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13You were on last time. Remind us how you two know each other.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16We used to go to the same church until Pauline moved,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18and now we're theatre-going companions.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21We haunt Chichester Festival Theatre, mainly.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23What are you hoping's going to come up?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Obviously theatre would be great for you.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- What other subjects, Pauline, are good?- I'm a dog lover,
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- so I would like dogs. - OK, dogs. Rachel?
0:02:34 > 0:02:38History, geography...the things that Caroline doesn't want, I would like.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- And all the things she would like...- She can keep?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42..will make me go green. Exactly!
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Fantastic, well welcome back.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Very best of luck this afternoon. And finally we've got Jay and Rob.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- How do you two know each other? - We were thrown together
0:02:53 > 0:02:57at the start of university. We had to get along in our flat together.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- We've been friends ever since. - You were hurled into a flat?
0:03:00 > 0:03:01We were indeed.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- What are you reading, Rob? - I'm doing Physics, myself.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Jay, how about you?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- English Lit.- So, what do you hope is going to come up, Jay?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Films, music, preferably not literature cos I'll probably
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- make a fool of myself.- You never know. You could be well equipped.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20- No, probably not.- Anything you'd absolutely hate to see come up?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Fashion, geography...- Art.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27..biology as well. If biology comes up, we might as well leave.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- Art, yeah.- Let's hope none of these things come up, Jay and Rob.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:03:33 > 0:03:40There's only one person left. A man who even has obscure dance moves.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- He is my pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hiya.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- Afternoon.- Good afternoon to you. How are you?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- I'm very well. Are you well? - Extremely well.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Two returning pairs today.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Pauline and Rachel got to the head-to-head last time,
0:03:58 > 0:04:02up against Rolf and David who are among the best contestants
0:04:02 > 0:04:04we've ever had. So it was a tough head-to-head.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07That was a stealth raid! It was almost sinister.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- It was, wasn't it?- They came in, swish-swish, trophy, off!
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- Like Keyser Soze, aren't they? - Keyser Rolf and Dave Soze!
0:04:15 > 0:04:18But there should be some competition today,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21and Gavin, 30 years in Strathclyde Police.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24That's got to make you the hardest person
0:04:24 > 0:04:28that's ever appeared on Pointless. That's a tough job, isn't it?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Did you have the pony tail?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Funnily enough, no, but I started growing it the day I left.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38It should be a great show. Bad news for Jay in Round Two, I'm afraid.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- Not literature! - Little bit of literature. Little bit.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Well, the truth will out. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Now, all our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51We are looking for obscure answers.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54To stay in the game, all our players need to do
0:04:54 > 0:04:56is score as few points as they can.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer
0:04:59 > 0:05:02that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Rolf and David won the jackpot last time,
0:05:08 > 0:05:14so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:05:18 > 0:05:20OK, let's play Pointless.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Now, in the first round each of you must give me one answer
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37If you give me an incorrect answer you will score
0:05:37 > 0:05:39the maximum of 100 points so do try to avoid those.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42OK, our first category this afternoon is...
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Can you all decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57OK, our Round One question this afternoon concerns...
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Yeah, each Eurozone country is allowed to have its own
0:06:04 > 0:06:07national symbol on the backs of its one euro coins.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10We're going to show you a list of seven of those symbols.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13You have to tell us which country you would find that on their euro coin.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15More obscure ones will score fewer points,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18give us an incorrect answer and you'll score 100 points.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20There'll be two lists so 14 in all to get at home.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24OK, thanks very much, Darren and Caroline, you all drew lots
0:06:24 > 0:06:27before the show and this afternoon you are going first.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29So very best of luck, Caroline.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31We are looking for the countries that have these
0:06:31 > 0:06:33symbols on their one euro coins,
0:06:33 > 0:06:34and we have got...
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I'll read those one more time.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11So there we are, Caroline. It's all in your hands.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13OK.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16It's a bit like geography, isn't it? Places, I suppose.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20So I'm going to have to go for the obvious answer on the board,
0:07:20 > 0:07:21sorry, Darren.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22A Celtic harp.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24And Ireland.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27OK, a Celtic harp, Ireland.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29As ever on Pointless you're hoping to pick the one that
0:07:29 > 0:07:31the fewest people knew.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Let's see if that's right, Celtic harp, Ireland
0:07:33 > 0:07:36and if it how many people said it.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39It's right.
0:07:39 > 0:07:4079.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43It's not bad...
0:07:43 > 0:07:45it's 21 better than 100.
0:07:45 > 0:07:4779, Richard for the Celtic harp.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Yeah, the clairseach or Celtic harp is on the back of all
0:07:50 > 0:07:52the Republic of Ireland euro coins.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Apologies for my pronunciation.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Clairseach is about as close as I can get.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Clairseach. Now then, Gavin.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00There's one that I'd like to go for,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04but it's just a little bit too far down the line for me
0:08:04 > 0:08:08to guess at so I'm going to have a go at Mozart and Austria.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Mozart, Austria, says Gavin.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13If it's right, how many people said it? Mozart, Austria.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16It's right.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21And down it goes to 43.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23A good answer.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24APPLAUSE
0:08:26 > 0:08:27A good answer. Mozart.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Chosen by a national poll in Austria.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Mozart. Born in Salzburg.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Very well done, Gavin.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I have a feeling we've had the two straws...well,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38there's a couple more straws for people to grasp at I think.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43But one by one the safe answers are being removed from the board.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Rachel, we come to you.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48We're looking for the countries that have these symbols on their one euro coin.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I'm going to have to go with that straw, I think,
0:08:51 > 0:08:56and say "Liberte, egalite, fraternite" is France.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00France, says Rachel for "Liberte, egalite, fraternite".
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Let's see if that's right and if it is how many people knew that answer?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06It's right.
0:09:08 > 0:09:0959.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Not a bad score.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15France, Richard.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Yes, "Liberte, egalite, fraternite" surrounding a tree,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21that's on the French one euro coin.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Now, Rob, we are looking for the Eurozone countries that had
0:09:25 > 0:09:30these symbols on their one euro coins when first issued.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33There's only one left that I can kind of go for and that's
0:09:33 > 0:09:36an eagle which is Germany, I think.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Eagle, Germany, says Rob. Let's see if that's right
0:09:38 > 0:09:42and if it is let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Well done, Rob, good answer.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49And...what do you know, the lowest score so far!
0:09:49 > 0:09:5010, that's wonderful!
0:09:56 > 0:09:5910, that was good cos you were kind of forced into taking a risk there.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Otherwise you might have been tempted to go for something else.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07When it came up I thought Germany, but, yeah, that's good.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09How many heads does the eagle have on the coin?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Shall we put it to the oracle?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- I would guess one.- OK, one.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14How many heads on the German eagle?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16It's got 40.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19LAUGHTER
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Can you believe that? It's an enormous coin.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Absolutely enormous, which in turn means that German
0:10:25 > 0:10:28vending machines are just extraordinary sizes.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32So 10, it's actually the best answer we've had in the round,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34not the best answer on the board though.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36It's got one head, really. You're quite right.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40It's just in case people really did think there were 40 heads on there.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41There aren't.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44An owl and an olive branch...
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- Went to sea? - And where did they go?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- They went to Greece. - Oh. Olive branch.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Yeah, 3 points that would've scored you.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Two flying whooper swans...
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- What do you think that is, it's the national bird of this country. - Croatia.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Ohhhh, Finland.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59But one point so well done if you said that
0:10:59 > 0:11:03and there's a pointless answer up there as well. I can't believe no-one...
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- You'll know this one, Xander. - Primoz Trubar?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar is of course on the one Euro coin of...
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Dunno.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Slovenia.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Everybody at home knew it, they're shouting at their TV sets.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17But that's a pointless answer so very well done if you said that at home.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Especially if you don't come from Slovenia, very impressive.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Very good. Well, we're halfway through the round
0:11:22 > 0:11:24so let's take a look at those scores.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Very well done, Rob and Jay,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28fantastic low score there, 10.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Then we come up to 43, quite a step up to Gavin and Heather.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Then Rachel and Pauline on 59
0:11:32 > 0:11:35then up to 79 where we find Caroline and Darren,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37so Darren, I have every confidence in you.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41A nice obscure answer that will see you through to the next round.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43We're going to come back down the line.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Could the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:47 > 0:11:51OK, we're going to put seven more clues on the board as to what
0:11:51 > 0:11:54is on the back of these countries' one euro coins and they are...
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I'll read those all one more time.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Now remember, we are looking for the countries that have these
0:12:29 > 0:12:32symbols on their one euro coin.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Obviously, Jay, you're trying to find the one fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39The highest scorers are Darren and Caroline on 79.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40You're on 10.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42If you can score 68 or less,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44you are through to the next round.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Ooh, I'm going to go for King Juan Carlos I.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51And I'm going to say Portugal.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Juan Carlos I, Portugal, says Jay. There is your red line.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59If you get below that red line, Jay,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01you're through to the next round..
0:13:01 > 0:13:03OK, Juan Carlos I, is it Portugal
0:13:03 > 0:13:05and if it is, how many people said it?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Ooh! Bad luck, Jay.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10I knew it.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Unfortunately that's an incorrect answer, which means you scored
0:13:13 > 0:13:16the maximum of 100 points - that takes your total up to 110,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19but anything could happen in this pass,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21so it's not all over yet.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23OK. Now, then, Pauline.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27You are on 59, the high scorers are now Jay and Rob on 110.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30That means 50 from you, or less, will be enough
0:13:30 > 0:13:32to see you through to the next round.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Right.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39Well, I'm going to go with Prince Rainier and Prince Albert
0:13:39 > 0:13:40and say Monaco.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Very good, Monaco says Pauline for Prince Rainier and Prince Albert.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Let's see if that's right and how many people said if it is.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50It's right.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Oh-he-he-ho! Look at that, 56.
0:13:58 > 0:14:0056 takes your total up to 115, well done.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04- Richard. - Yeah, those two princes appeared on the first one euro coin in Monaco.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Now it's just Prince Albert since Prince Rainier died.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Now, then, Heather. We're looking for the Eurozone countries that
0:14:11 > 0:14:13have these symbols on their one euro coin.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16The highest scorers are now Pauline and Rachel on 115,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18you're on 43,
0:14:18 > 0:14:22if you can score 71 or less, through you go to the next round.
0:14:23 > 0:14:29I'll go for the bottom one, King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Spain, you're saying for Juan Carlos, let's see if that's right
0:14:32 > 0:14:35and if it is let's see how many people said it, good luck!
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Spain, says Heather. Is it right?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Yep, it's right.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Oh-ho-ho! 75.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46APPLAUSE
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Takes your total up to 118.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Look at the grouping of these final scores, very close indeed.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Yeah, some big scores, but very, very close.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56He's on the one and two euro coin,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59designed by Luis Jose Diaz.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Luis Jose Diaz.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- HEAVILY ACCENTED:- Jose Diaz.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Si.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07I never know which of the letter in Spanish are meant to be "ccch",
0:15:07 > 0:15:09"thhh" or "shh".
0:15:09 > 0:15:11LAUGHTER
0:15:11 > 0:15:12I think nor do they.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14No, no they're making it up as they go along.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I think there just hhhis, ccch, just loccchs of thhha.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19We don't get viewers in Spain, do we?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Not any more.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22LAUGHTER
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Now, then, Darren, we come to you.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27The highest scorers on 118 are Gavin and Heather.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28You are on 79.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30If you can score a mere 38 or less,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33you are through to the next round.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Erm, obviously Leonardo Da Vinci I think's going to be
0:15:36 > 0:15:40a bit of a high-scoring one, which won't see me through,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43but I'm going to take a punt at the eight-pointed cross which
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I believe is the Maltese cross,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47and I'm going to say Malta.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50An eight-pointed cross, Malta, says Darren.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54There's your red line, let's see if Malta gets you below that red line
0:15:54 > 0:15:57if it does you stay with us for the next round. Good luck.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Malta, says Darren, is it right? How many people said it?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04It is right, very well done.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And you are through to the next round.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10In fact, down it goes, 6!
0:16:11 > 0:16:13APPLAUSE
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Fabulous answering skills there, Darren.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19That takes your total up to 85,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21you are in the next round. Richard.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Great work, Darren, that was your answer on the last show as well.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25It was indeed, yes.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28So 100% of Darren's answers on Pointless have been Malta.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32I'm just going to caution against you carrying it on for the rest of the show,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35just as a little note, but very, very well played.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Let's take a look at the rest of them. You were right to avoid the Da Vinci one
0:16:39 > 0:16:41cos it would have knocked you out.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44It's Italy, of course, would've scored you 56 points.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Queen Beatrix is The Netherlands, would've scored you 31.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51An outline of the country and the word "Eesti" - Estonia.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Estonia. It's a very good answer, would've scored 7
0:16:54 > 0:16:57and the prehistorical idol of Pomos, that's a pointless answer.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02Very well done at home if you said Cyprus. Cyprus.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Very good, OK, well, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08At the end of Round One the losing pair with the highest score
0:17:08 > 0:17:12I'm afraid to say Gavin and Heather, dear oh dear.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15You didn't put a foot wrong, it's just who knew that
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Juan Carlos was going to be such an expensive correct answer?
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Indeed.- Dear, oh dear.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24So listen, when we see you again next time, which we shall,
0:17:24 > 0:17:28what are you going to bring back as your tactic?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- To try and get a better answer, I think!- A better answer.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Are you going to be punchier do you think? Maybe go more obscure?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I'll try, I'll certainly try.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- But not too obscure. - Exactly.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41It's very thin ice out there on the Pointless lake.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Well, anyway Heather and Gavin, it was lovely having you here,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47we look forward to seeing you again next time,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50but thanks meanwhile, brilliant contestants, thank you.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Now obviously there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head
0:18:03 > 0:18:06so one of the teams will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09OK, our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16who's going to go second.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many best-selling authors
0:18:25 > 0:18:28of the noughties in the UK as they could.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Yeah, we're looking for the name of any author whose combined works
0:18:33 > 0:18:39sold two million or more copies between 2000 and 2009 in the UK.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Can be fiction or non-fiction,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43to give you an idea, there are over 80 names on this list.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48Over 80 authors whose combined works sold more than two million copies in the noughties, very best of luck.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50OK, thank you very much, Richard.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Now, Caroline.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Erm, I only know one author.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Is this really true?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59I don't do books.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I do like the TV guide but I don't do books.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Erm, so I'm going to have to go with a really obvious one,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11everyone's going to get it.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12JK Rowling.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Let's see if that's right
0:19:14 > 0:19:17and if it is let's see how many people said JK Rowling.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21It's right, down it goes.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Down it goes, very good. 29!
0:19:24 > 0:19:26APPLAUSE
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Very well done, Caroline. JK Rowling's done you proud.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Yeah, lower than I thought. - 29, JK Rowling. Richard.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Yeah, sold 27 million books in the noughties.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44That's a lot of books, isn't it?
0:19:44 > 0:19:49Pauline, we're looking for authors who have sold two million
0:19:49 > 0:19:51or more books in the noughties.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I think mine I was thinking of was 2010.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57So I'm going to have to go for Dan Brown.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Let's see if it's right
0:19:58 > 0:20:02and if it is, let's see how many people said Dan Brown.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Down it goes.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Very well done, 14!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15That's a great answer, Pauline.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Richard.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Yeah, he sold a piffling 13 million, Pauline, in the noughties.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Very good. Now then, Jay.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I think I'm going to go for Terry Pratchett.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Sounds good to me. Let's see if that's right.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33And if it is let's see how many people said Terry Pratchett.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35It's right.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Down and down and down it goes, 9!
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Very, very well done indeed, Jay.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Gratifyingly the best score
0:20:45 > 0:20:48of the round so far, well done.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- 9 for Terry Pratchett. - He sold just under nine million books.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53This is all according to Nielsen BookScan
0:20:53 > 0:20:55so JK Rowling, 27 million got 29.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Dan Brown, 13 million got 14.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Terry Pratchett, 9 million got 9.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01It correlates, absolutely.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Halfway through the round so let's look at the scores.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Jay and Rob looking very strong
0:21:05 > 0:21:07with a nice low score of 9.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Then we go up a tiny squeak to Pauline and Rachel on 14
0:21:10 > 0:21:13and then we go up quite substantially to 29
0:21:13 > 0:21:15where we find Caroline and Darren.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17So once again, Darren,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21we need some really good obscure answering from you in the next pass
0:21:21 > 0:21:22so you make the head-to-head.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24We're going to come back down the line.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Could the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32OK, we're looking for best-selling authors in the UK
0:21:32 > 0:21:34in the noughties and Rob,
0:21:34 > 0:21:38looking very strong there, 9 is your score,
0:21:38 > 0:21:4029 is the high score from Darren and Caroline
0:21:40 > 0:21:44so 19 or less will ensure you a place in the head-to-head.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48I'm going to say a person whose books I've never read that
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I know writes loads of books and I think sells a lot
0:21:51 > 0:21:53so that's James Patterson.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56You're getting a good nod from Jay. That kind of nod.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00OK, well here's your red line.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03It's quite low but then the scores are quite low.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05James Patterson, let's see if it's right
0:22:05 > 0:22:09and if it is let's see how many people said James Patterson.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11It's right.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20It's a great answer. Very, very well done, Rob.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22That scores you 5 and takes your total up to 14.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23James Patterson.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Safe and sound, Rob, he's sold nearly eight million books.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I like though there was almost terror in your voice as you said the name.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36But he's through now, he's through, home and dry.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Rachel, we come to you.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42You're on 14, the highest scorers are still Darren and Caroline on 29.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45A score of 14 or less will see you though to the head-to-head.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Remember we're looking for authors who sold more than
0:22:48 > 0:22:51two million books in the noughties.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Erm, I think I'm going to go with...
0:22:56 > 0:22:57..Kate Mosse.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Let's see if that's right and if it is let's see how many people said Kate Mosse.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Noooo!
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Bad luck, Rachel.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11A very clever answer,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14but unfortunately a wrong answer which means I'm afraid,
0:23:14 > 0:23:16you've scored the maximum of 100 points
0:23:16 > 0:23:18that takes your total up to 114.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Richard.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22A terrifically good wrong answer. Labyrinth sold over
0:23:22 > 0:23:271.5 million copies in the noughties, but not quite the two million.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Darren.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31The highest scorers are now Rachel and Pauline on 114,
0:23:31 > 0:23:35you are on 29.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38That means a score of 84 or less will see you sailing through
0:23:38 > 0:23:40to the head-to-head.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Not my strongest subject.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45I don't read many books myself, I wait for the film to come out.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46LAUGHTER
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Erm, but I'm going to go for Tom Clancy.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53OK, here is your red line coming in.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55There we are, quite high.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59If Tom Clancy is right and gets you below that red line,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01you are through to the next round.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Let us see how many people said Tom Clancy, is it right?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Oh, bad luck, Darren.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15A good guess, but as it turns out I'm afraid a wrong answer
0:24:15 > 0:24:18which means your score the maximum of 100 points.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Bad luck, that takes your total up to 129.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Richard, sorry, Darren again around about the 1.5 million mark,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26couldn't quite make it on to the list.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Huge amounts of pointless answers. Some big names as well. Lee Child, Lemony Snicket,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34there's Nigella Lawson, Alan Titchmarsh sold more than two million copies,
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Bill Bryson even is a pointless answer. Let's take a look at a few more though.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Roger Hargreaves, the originator of the Mr Men series.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Helen Fielding, the writer of Bridget Jones. William Shakespeare, heard of him?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47He's an American thriller writer.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Yeah.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, sold nearly seven million books in the noughties.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55The wonderful Marian Keyes, Michael Morpurgo who wrote
0:24:55 > 0:24:58War Horse, Private Peaceful, all sort of brilliant books.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Paul McKenna sold more than two million books, all of his self-help...
0:25:02 > 0:25:05He did that brilliant book, How To Sell More Than Two Million Books.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08That's right, which did very well, but only sold one copy.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Fair enough.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Richard Parsons, do you know Richard Parsons?- No.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15He's a schoolteacher who in 1995 was fed up with the study guides
0:25:15 > 0:25:18that primary and secondary school kids were getting
0:25:18 > 0:25:20so set up his own study guides business,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22sold millions upon million of copies.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25The seventh biggest selling author of the noughties.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27And Jamie Oliver as well was a pointless answer.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Thank you very much, Richard.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35At the end of Round Two the pair with the highest score, Darren and Caroline.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37I thought for a moment you'd scrape through.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Round One last time, Round Two this time,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42you were just waiting for celebrities and telly.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Yeah. - And they didn't come.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Oh, well, that's the way it goes.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48That's the way it goes.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50All the same it's been great having you on the show,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54thank you so much for playing, Darren and Caroline! Brilliant.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57But for the remaining two pairs things are about to get
0:25:57 > 0:26:01even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Well, congratulations Jay and Rob, Pauline and Rachel,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12you are now only one round away from the final and the chance
0:26:12 > 0:26:16to play for the jackpot which currently stands at £1,000.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- There it is. - CHEERING
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Now, obviously only one pair can play for that money and to decide
0:26:23 > 0:26:26which pair you are now going to go head-to-head.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Now, for each question you'll be shown five options on the board.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Each pair needs to give me just one answer
0:26:31 > 0:26:33but you are now allowed to confer.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37All you have to do is score less than the other pair and you will win that question.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Let's play head-to-head.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51OK, so here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:26:54 > 0:26:55Richard.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58We're going to show you five pictures of sporting trophies
0:26:58 > 0:27:02and all you have to do is tell us for which sport is that trophy awarded.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05The most obscure one will win you the point.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09So let's reveal our five sporting trophies and we have got...
0:27:20 > 0:27:22There they all are.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Now then, Jay and Rob, you've played best throughout the show
0:27:25 > 0:27:27so far so you get to go first,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30so there are your five sporting trophies,
0:27:30 > 0:27:34you are wanting to name the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38I think I know four of them. I don't know what B is but I was thinking E.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39OK then, let's go for E.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41It's in your hand I know nothing about this one.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44I'll say E which I think is the Rugby World Cup.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47E - the Rugby World Cup says Rob and Jay.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Rugby, E. Now, Pauline and Rachel.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56We're tossing up between A and C.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00What do you think we ought to do, Rachel?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03A? Go on then. We'll go for A, the Ashes.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Which sport? - BOTH: Oh, cricket!
0:28:06 > 0:28:07- There we are.- Sorry!
0:28:07 > 0:28:09OK, so we have rugby and we have cricket.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Jay and Rob have said E, rugby.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Let's see if that's right and if it is let's see how many people said that. E, rugby.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Absolutely right.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26There we are.
0:28:28 > 0:28:2913.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Pretty good. Now, Pauline and Rachel have said cricket.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Let's see if that's right and if it is how many people said A, cricket.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44It's right.
0:28:46 > 0:28:4754.
0:28:50 > 0:28:5254.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57So that means after one question Jay and Rob are up 1-0. Richard.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59The plaudits go to Rob there,
0:28:59 > 0:29:02that's the Webb Ellis trophy given to the winners of the Rugby World Cup.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06To go through the whole board, cricket, A, that's the Ashes of course.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08B is the Drivers Championship trophy for Formula One.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Some people will definitely have got that at home,
0:29:11 > 0:29:14a lot of Formula One fans and it's a pointless answer so very well done.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16C is tennis.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21For a movement there I thought that was the collection plate from Salisbury Cathedral but...
0:29:21 > 0:29:22I might be wrong.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Would have scored you 72 points.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27And D is the World Cup of course for football.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30The FIFA World Cup but that would have scored 62 points
0:29:30 > 0:29:31so less than tennis.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33OK, thanks very much, Richard.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35So your second question, Pauline and Rachel,
0:29:35 > 0:29:38you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Good luck, here it comes. It concerns...
0:29:44 > 0:29:45Richard.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47We're going to give you five clues to facts about
0:29:47 > 0:29:50the human eye and the most obscure is going to win you the points.
0:29:50 > 0:29:55Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal the five facts about the human eye.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Here are the clues.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Let me read those through on more time.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31So there are five clues to five facts about the eye.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Now, Pauline and Rachel, you go first this time.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- THEY WHISPER:- Don't know the second, don't know the third. Iris is the fourth.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43We're going to go with REM - rapid eye movement.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46REM - rapid eye movement you are saying.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48So then Jay and Rob,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51the ONE thing you both said you didn't want was biology.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52Yeah.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Hey...
0:30:53 > 0:30:55And the one thing we knew was REM.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Well, we know...
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Well, we're one up so we could take a gamble maybe?
0:31:00 > 0:31:05We'll go for cells in the retina with "cone" cells and, what was it?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- Fovea.- Fovea.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12The cells in the retina that have "cone" cells. Fovea.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16So we have Rapid Eye Movement and we have fovea.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Pauline and Rachel, rapid eye movement, is it right
0:31:19 > 0:31:22and if it is how many people said rapid eye movement for REM?
0:31:27 > 0:31:2956.
0:31:34 > 0:31:3656.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39OK, Jay and Rob, cells in the retina with "cone" cells.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43Is it right, fovea, and if it is, how many people said fovea?
0:31:45 > 0:31:48GASPING
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Which means, after two questions you are one-all. Richard, very exciting.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54There is a foveola which does contain "cone" cells
0:31:54 > 0:31:57but the cells in the retina with "cone" cells are the rods.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- Would've scored you 20 points and seen you through to the final. - It's not a very scientific name.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04I mean, fovea, I'd take fovea over rods any time.
0:32:04 > 0:32:05Rods?
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Bit mechanical, isn't it?
0:32:07 > 0:32:11- It's named after the doctor that came up with it. - Oh, Heinrich Rods.- No, it's Rod.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14So they're always called Rod's cells.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15Oh, I see.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Let's take a look at the rest of them. The coloured visible part of the eye,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21that's the iris...named after Rod's wife.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Would've scored you 69 points.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Term derived from Greek for short-sightedness - myopia.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29That would've scored 36 points.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32And the colour perception test named after the Japanese designer,
0:32:32 > 0:32:34this is the best answer on the board,
0:32:34 > 0:32:36well done if you said the Ishihara test.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Ishihara, 4 points.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41very good, wow, thank you very much, Richard.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44So, there we are, one point apiece.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Whoever wins this next question is through to the final.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Good luck both pairs, here's your third question. And it concerns...
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- Richard. - We're going to show you the names of five Oscar winners for
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Best Picture but we've left one word out of each of them.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Give us that word, please and again, the most obscure
0:33:03 > 0:33:06will get you the point and see you through to the final.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11Let's reveal the five Best Picture Oscar-winning films
0:33:11 > 0:33:14and here they are with one word omitted.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28I'll read them again.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Now then, Jay and Rob, you go first this time.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40We think...well, we definitely know two of them.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44And I think the one we're going to go for is one I'm not too
0:33:44 > 0:33:48sure about but I think All About is All About Eve.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52All About Eve from 1950, you are saying. All About Eve.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55Now, Pauline and Rachel.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57The only one we're confident on
0:33:57 > 0:34:01that we know is right is A Man For All Seasons.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03No, and I know The Hurt Locker.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Yeah.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07What about Ordinary Lives?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09It's not Ordinary People, is it?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11I don't know, I can't help you there.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14I think we're going to go for Ordinary Lives.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19So we have All About Eve and Ordinary Lives.
0:34:19 > 0:34:20Jay and Rob have said All About Eve.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Let's see if that's right and if it is how many people said it.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25All about Eve.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29It's right.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34There we are 43.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Pauline and Rachel have gone for Ordinary Lives. Is it right?
0:34:41 > 0:34:43How many people said it?
0:34:45 > 0:34:46Oh no!
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- Sorry. - No, don't apologise.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54Bad luck, Ordinary Lives, which means after three questions
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Jay and Rob are through to the final 2-1.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57Bad luck, Pauline and Rachel.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- Pauline, I'm so sorry you said Ordinary Lives, what was the other option?- People.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Ordinary People.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05If you had said Ordinary People, not only is it right,
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- it would've scored you 31 points. - Oh no!
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Would've seen you into the final. I'm so sorry.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Robert Redford's directorial debut.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19A man For All Seasons would have lost you the point as well, actually a very big scorer.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Would've scored you 79.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24The Hurt Locker, you're quite right 2009, Kathryn Bigelow,
0:35:24 > 0:35:27the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar, unbelievably,
0:35:27 > 0:35:2963 points, so again wouldn't have seen you through
0:35:29 > 0:35:33and the best answer on the board is the only low-scoring answer on the board,
0:35:33 > 0:35:34do you know that one?
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- Emperor?- The Last Emperor.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Exactly right, would've scored 9 points,
0:35:38 > 0:35:41so very well done if you said that at home.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Very good indeed, thank you Richard.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49I'm so sorry, Pauline and Rachel, but you've been heroic.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Two head-to-heads on the trot, you've been exemplary.- Thank you.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55but I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59Thank you so much for playing, Pauline and Rachel, lovely contestants.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03But for Jay and Rob it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Well, congratulations, Jay and Rob. You fought off all the competition
0:36:12 > 0:36:16and you have won our coveted Pointless Trophy.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23You now have a chance to win our Pointless Jackpot
0:36:23 > 0:36:27and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £1,000.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31Now, the rules are very simple.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34To win that money all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today
0:36:37 > 0:36:41but if you find one now, you will go home with that jackpot of £1,000.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Firstly, you've got to choose a category
0:36:43 > 0:36:47and you have choice of five categories to pick from.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55- Wow!- Wow.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Reality TV I might be quite good at...
0:36:58 > 0:37:02I might be all right at European football but...
0:37:02 > 0:37:04- I don't know.- It depends what it is.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- Shall we go for reality TV? - It's probably best.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08OK, we'll go for reality TV.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10OK, reality TV it is.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Celebrity MasterChef contestants as they could.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19Richard.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22We're looking for any contestant on any series
0:37:22 > 0:37:26of Celebrity MasterChef from 2006 right through to 2011 series,
0:37:26 > 0:37:28but not counting the Comic Relief Specials, just the regular
0:37:28 > 0:37:31series of Celebrity MasterChef.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32OK. Thanks very much.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Now, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:37:36 > 0:37:39and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those
0:37:39 > 0:37:40answers to be pointless.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Are you ready?
0:37:42 > 0:37:43As ready as we'll ever be.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- Your time starts now. - Right.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Have you seen this? - I can think of a few.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Kirsty Wark was definitely on the last series or the series before.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58I think Ruby Wax might have been on it.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Wasn't she in, like, the Comic Relief Special?
0:38:00 > 0:38:04No, no, she was, you're right, let's scrap that.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- I remember Michael Buerk was in one. - Was he?- Yes.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08That's quite a good answer.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11I'm trying to think of other pointless celebrities.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Yeah, like non-celebrities.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- Like Big Brother contestants. - Yeah...
0:38:15 > 0:38:18People from The Apprentice. I've honestly not really...
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I've watched it on Saturday Kitchen and that's about it.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Yeah, erm.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Raef, can you remember his surname, from The Apprentice,
0:38:26 > 0:38:28I'm sure he was on it.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I haven't got a clue, I'm sorry.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Ian Beale - Adam Woodyatt, I'm sure he was on it.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- Right, OK.- Erm, probably not, but I'm sure he was.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Ten seconds.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44I can't think of anybody else.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- Kirsty Wark, Michael Buerk, Adam Woodyatt.- Yep, go for it.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51OK. You've got three answers. There we are, your time is up.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55We were looking for Celebrity MasterChef contestants.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57I now need your three answers.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- Kirsty Wark.- Kirsty Wark.
0:38:59 > 0:39:00- Michael Buerk.- Michael Buerk.
0:39:00 > 0:39:01- Adam Woodyatt.- And Adam Woodyatt.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Now of those three,
0:39:03 > 0:39:06which do you reckon is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Michael Buerk's probably the best. - Really?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- You...well, he was on it.- OK. - Was he on it?
0:39:11 > 0:39:12I think...
0:39:12 > 0:39:14What, the others weren't?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Michael Buerk. We'll put him last then.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Who should we put first, you least likely shot?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Adam Woodyatt cos I don't think it's right.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Adam Woodyatt we'll put first. Kirsty Wark et cetera.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28OK, let's put them up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36OK, we were looking for celebrity MasterChef contestants.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41Adam Woodyatt is your first answer and you think your least likely shot at a pointless.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45You only have to find one remember to win that £1,000, so let's see.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49Is it right and if it is, how many people said Adam Woodyatt?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Oh, you didn't think it was right and it's not!
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- So kind of well done. - LAUGHTER
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- We got that bit right. - Yeah! Unfortunately not a pointless answer.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04What would you do with £1,000?
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Oh, I don't know.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11We'd probably just blow it on student things like textbooks maybe.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Oh, good answer there, you pulled that one, I thought we were
0:40:13 > 0:40:17heading right for the chicane and you drew away - textbooks.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20OK, we're looking for Celebrity MasterChef contestants.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Kirsty Wark. Let's hope it's right.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29- I'm not sure. - If it is right and it's pointless you'll be leaving here with £1,000.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Let's see. Kirsty Wark. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:40:35 > 0:40:38It is right. OK, Adam Woodyatt was wrong, Kirsty Wark is right.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Down it goes.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44If this goes all the way down to zero you will be leaving here with £1,000.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Down it goes into single figures, look at that, still... Oh!
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- 6.- Good effort.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- 6.- 6.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58OK, this is your last chance.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Everything is riding on Michael Buerk.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05Has to be right, has to be pointless. You definitely saw him in that kitchen
0:41:05 > 0:41:08and it wasn't for charity, it was a proper Celebrity MasterChef?
0:41:08 > 0:41:10I think so.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11I think he was proper.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13And nobody's remembered him.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17OK, right. No-one has remembered him. Let's find out, let's hope.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18Michael Buerk, is it right?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20How many people said Michael Buerk?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23It's right.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25It's right. Kirsty Wark went down to 6,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28can Michael Buerk take you all the way down to pointless?
0:41:28 > 0:41:32And if he does you'll be leaving here £1,000 richer.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Down it goes, still going down!
0:41:34 > 0:41:35Down it goes - yes!
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Very well done.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40Look at that!
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- Brilliant. Excellent! - Yes!
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Fantastic. Brilliant.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49There we are.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54Very, very well done, Jay and Rob.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Wow! Well, congratulations, Michael Buerk.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01A pointless answer. There we are, fantastic.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04That means you go home with £1,000 between you. Fabulous.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06CHEERING
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Wow!
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Brilliant.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12Richard.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Congratulations, Jay and Rob, he was on Celebrity MasterChef in 2008,
0:42:15 > 0:42:17when you were 12.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19LAUGHTER
0:42:19 > 0:42:23There's a load more pointless answers. Let's look at some of them. See if you got any of these at home.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26There's Angela Rippon. Colin Jackson the athlete.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Craig Revel Horwood from Strictly Come Dancing, all those pointless.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Linda Barker from Changing Rooms.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Midge Ure. Sian Lloyd the weather girl.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Tessa Sanderson the javelin thrower.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet, and Toyah Wilcox.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41All of those were pointless.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Very, very well done, guys.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Very, very well done indeed and thanks once again
0:42:46 > 0:42:51to our winning players Jay and Rob who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54APPLAUSE
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
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